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Friday, September 19, 2008

My Deodorant Post

Okay - let's get a little personal, but not too personal. I made a change about 6wks ago. This is my testimony about that change.

I saved a post a while ago concerning home-made deodorant. It was quite intriguing to me... since I never really thought about that before. Okay, NEVER thought about that or knew people made their own. But with trying to be conscientious about what we put in/on our bodies, I thought I might give it a try.

It seemed a little pricey, all those ingredients in the deordorant recipe. And I never did get around to buying all the specialty items, or any items for that matter. Then my sister and parents told me how they started using just baking soda - that's soda... not to be confused with powder - we're talkin' Arm and Hammer stuff. Anyway... actually it was just my dad at first. He read the recipe from the link on my blog and did a little more research and started using the baking soda and raved how it was great and how he had "no problems... and I sweat!" Thenmy mom started using it next and liked it. Then my sister. In that order ;)So I tried it. And was A-Mazed! [the words in red are meant for my mom! Sorry Mom - is this better? Love you!]

A little TMI, perhaps, but there was noodor whatsoever. None. Zilch. All. Day. Long. Period. The plain baking soda may irritate some people's skin and they'll have to add something to it [can't remember what it is that my sis and dad had to add?]. Maybe a cream of some sort? But it has not irritated me one bit and is the best deodorant I've ever used! I just have a little Pyrex container of it on my bathroom sink and dip two damp fingers in and rub it on. Done! When I'm done applying it I go straight to my teeth LOL - just kidding! Sorry. Gross... not funny!

So now I've got a $1.59 huge box of baking soda that'll last me for 10yrs easy. What a bargain!

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The mother is the "Keeper of the Keys" ~ she knows where everything is in the household. The family comes to her when searching for something... anything. Likewise, the mother is the heart of the home. As "the keep" is protection for the fortress ~ the mother is the protector of her children's souls. Come visit what goes on behind our castle doors...

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I'm a Catholic homeschooling mom to 7. Wife to my great husband of 20 years, Paul. I like to write about the cute, crazy and conflicting things that go on behind our castle doors. And a little bit of everything else!

"The Most Important Person on earth is a mother. She cannot claim the honor of having built Notre Dame Cathedral. She need not. She has built something more magnificent than any cathedral, a dwelling for an immortal soul, the tiny perfection of her baby's body. The angels have not been blessed with such a grace. They cannot share in God's creative miracle to bring new saints to Heaven. Only a human mother can. Mothers are closer to God the Creator than any other creature; God joins forces with mothers in performing this act of creation…What on God's good earth is more glorious than this: to be a mother?" ~ Cardinal Mindszenty